I Am A Woman (Mills & Boon Spice)

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Review "For contemporary readers the books offer a valuable record of gay and lesbian life in the 1950s. Most are set in Greenwich Village, and Ms. Bannon's descriptions of bars, clubs and apartment parties vividly evoke a vanished community. Her characters also have historical value. Whereas most lesbians in pulp are stereotypes who get punished for their desires, Beebo and her friends are accessibly human. Their struggles with love and relationships are engrossing today, and half a century ago they were revolutionary." --New York Times"Sex. Sleeze. Depravity. Oh, the twisted passions of the twilight world of lesbian pulp fiction." --Chicago Free Press"Little did Bannon know that her stories would become legends, inspiring countless fledgling dykes to flock to the Village, dog-eared copies of her books in hand, to find their own Beebos and Lauras and others who shared the love they dared not name." --San Francisco Bay Guardian"Ann Bannon is a pioneer of dyke drama." --On Our Backs"When I was young, Bannon's books let me imagine myself into her New York City neighborhoods of short-haired, dark-eyed butch women and stubborn, tight-lipped secretaries with hearts ready to be broken. I would have dated Beebo, no question." --Dorothy Allison"Bannon's books grab you and don't let go." --Village Voice--Reviews"Experience all things erotic fiction has to offer and discover how author Ann Bannon earned the title, "Queen of Lesbian Pulp Fiction." --Cosmopolitan--Cosmopolitan Synopsis The Queen of Lesbian Pulp's Best Novel - Available now for the First Time in Ten Years; Among the most widely-read and influential depictions of Beat-era lesbian life, this historic novel now features the book's original pulp cover along with a classy new design. Author of a series of five landmark novels beginning in 1957, Ann Bannon's work defined lesbian fiction for the pre-Stonewall generation. Helping to launch American lesbian fiction as a genre, Bannon's books were the first widely available sympathetic depictions of lesbianism, helping to break down the silence around homosexuality during this period. Following the release of new editions of Beebo Brinker and Odd Girl Out, I am a Woman finds college student Laura fleeing from campus heartbreak over sorority sister Beth's decision to marry a man (the central plot-line of Odd Girl Out). Falling directly into the arms of the lesbian bohemia of 1950s Greenwich Village, Laura finally meets the legendary Beebo Brinker herself. See all Product description